County, Developer Agree On Protecting 414 Acres

TITUSVILLE — Brevard County officials and a Titusville developer have reached a tentative compromise to protect part of an environmentally sensitive tract of land, county officials said Tuesday.

The 414 acres owned by Bob Kirk contains an aquifer recharge system and imperiled woods nicknamed the ''Enchanted Forest.'' Officials said the agreement calls for Kirk to develop only 261 acres and set aside two preservation areas, including 28 acres of the forest and 15 acres of wetlands.

Kirk also agreed not to remove more than five feet from a section of the Atlantic coastal ridge, which serves as a recharge system for an aquifer which supplies Titusville with its drinking water, officials said.

Final approval of the compromise was delayed until Dec. 2 to give the county planning and zoning committee time to study the details, officials said.